NASA launches TESS on first-of-a-kind mission to look for worlds beyond solar system

Lee Bell
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Lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket today following postponement on Monday

NASA launched its first-of-its-kind mission to look for worlds or life "beyond our solar system". The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from ...

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